Journal of Biomedical Informatics

The Journal of Biomedical Informatics is a peer-reviewed journal on biomedical informatics methodology published by Elsevier, established in 1967 as Computers and Biomedical Research and renamed in 2001, with a 2025 impact factor of 5.9（Journal of Biomedical Informatics）是 Elsevier 出版、专注生物医学信息学方法学的同行评审期刊，1967 年以 Computers and Biomedical Research 之名创办，2001 年更名，2025 年影响因子为 5.9。

Scope

• New methodologies and techniques with general applicability in biomedical informatics具有普遍适用性的生物医学信息学新方法与新技术。
• Clinical informatics, health informatics and translational bioinformatics临床信息学、健康信息学与转化生物信息学。
• Knowledge representation, ontologies and computer-interpretable clinical guidelines知识表示、本体与计算机可解释的临床指南。
• Natural language processing, machine learning and clinical decision support自然语言处理、机器学习与临床决策支持。
• Evaluations motivated by clinical medicine, population health and translational science以临床医学、人群健康与转化科学为驱动的系统评估。

History

• The journal was founded in 1967 by Homer R. Warner as Computers and Biomedical Research, publishing from volume 1 in March 1967该刊 1967 年由 Homer R. Warner 创办，原名 Computers and Biomedical Research，自 1967 年 3 月第 1 卷起出版。
• It was reconstituted and renamed the Journal of Biomedical Informatics from volume 34 in 2001, redesigned under editor-in-chief Edward H. Shortliffe2001 年自第 34 卷起改组并更名为 Journal of Biomedical Informatics，由主编 Edward H. Shortliffe 主导改版。
• It was originally published by Academic Press before moving to Elsevier, and appears in twelve issues a year该刊最初由（Academic Press）出版，后转由 Elsevier 出版，每年出版 12 期。
• The journal is indexed in MEDLINE and Web of Science and reported a 2025 impact factor of 5.9该刊被 MEDLINE 与 Web of Science 收录，2025 年影响因子为 5.9。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Mor Peleg of the University of Haifa, working on clinical decision support, computer-interpretable guidelines and ontologies现任主编为（University of Haifa）的 Mor Peleg，研究方向为临床决策支持、计算机可解释指南与本体。
• Deputy editors are Guy Tsafant of Evidentli and Chunhua Weng of Columbia University副主编为（Evidentli）的 Guy Tsafant 与（Columbia University）的 Chunhua Weng。
• Associate editors include Jiang Bian of Indiana University, Halil Kilicoglu of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Hongfang Liu of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston副编辑包括（Indiana University）的 Jiang Bian、（University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign）的 Halil Kilicoglu 与（University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston）的 Hongfang Liu。
• Former editors-in-chief include Homer Warner (1968-1993), Allan Pryor (1994-2000) and Edward Shortliffe (2001-2020), and the journal publishes two to three special issues a year within its twelve regular issues历任主编包括 Homer Warner（1968-1993）、Allan Pryor（1994-2000）与 Edward Shortliffe（2001-2020）；该刊每年在 12 期正刊内出版 2 至 3 个专辑。